Forty years after she opened women’s eyes to sex, careers and a naked Jack Thompson, a television drama has made Ita Buttrose famous for a new generation. Jordan Baker talks to Ita about love, motherhood and her amazing career. Australia’s queen of etiquette faced a quandary of her own one morning many years ago, when […]

Magazine queen Ita Buttrose writes a letter to her 16-year-old self and offers her a road map for life. Dear Ita, Well, look at you! Just 16 and already a cadet journalist! That’s one in the eye for all those doomsday merchants who kept telling you that journalism cadetships were never given to anyone under […]

She mastered Australia’s most famous lisp and now Asher Keddie’s lead role as Ita Buttrose has made her a household name. Asher has the knack of picking a great role — her portrayal of Ita in ABC TV’s hit Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo pulled in more than 1.3 million viewers. Now working on […]

Australia’s etiquette queens removed their kid gloves over the weekend for a polite stoush over who knows best when it comes to social niceties. June Dally-Watkins started the squabble by pointing out several “no-nos” in Ita’s new book A Guide to Australian Etiquette. In pictures: Thirty-five little acts of kindness June and Ita disagree on […]